Spring-vehicle



(No Model.)

- A. E. HERMANN.

r SPRING VEHICLE. No. 277,032. Patented May 8; 1883.

u PETERS. Photo'lilMK P I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH E. HERMANN, OF RAVENNA, OHIO.

SPRING-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,032, dated May 8, 1883. Application filed December 1; 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH E. HERMANN, of Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spring-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spring vehicles in which the axles are not connected by a reach,

the front axle,to which the draft is applied, be-

ing connected by means of jointed rods with the vehicle-box.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, the figure is a side elevation.

The front axle is in section, and only the part of the box with which the axle is connected is shown in the drawing. The front axle, 'a', and spring w, and block c, and fifthwheel 02 are attached together in the usual manner. Fifth-wheel n turns in contact with its counterpart n, which has one or more arms,m, extending from it and attached to box b, and also has a lug, o, projecting from it, to which rod 0 is jointed or hinged.- Axle a: and the lower part of spring to turn in clip 0 on pin p, which extends through them and clip 0. Rod

s is jointed or hinged to clip 0 and the lower ends of rods 0 and a. The other end of rod a extends back and is hinged to the bottom of the vehicle. v

When the springs of the vehicle are compressed, rod 8, moved by rods 0 anda, turns down on its pivot in clip 6, carrying the lower or front end of rod a downward and forward,

thereby relieving axle w from the strain which would otherwise necessarily ensue. It is obvious that the same result will follow if the greater weight be at either end of box I). If the greater weight be on the front spring, w, it will force down the rods 0 s a, and the strain on axle to will be relieved by rod a drawing down or compressing the rear spring. As the lower or forward end of rod a .is hinged to I0(1'-8 below the point where rod 8 is hinged to clip e, if the greater weight be at the rear end of box I), it will force down rods 8 and o and compress spring w, and thereby relieve axlew of the strain which would otherwise result. Axle w is relieved from the strain caused by the draft by rod 0, which acts as a brace to rods 8 and a. It is not essential that the upper end of rod 0 be connected with log 0 on the part n, as it may be directly connected with box I). The location of the fifth-wheel may also be changed by placing it between axle x and spring 20. In that case box b may be attached to block v; as the spring 10 will not turn with axle a: when so arranged.

I claim as my invention- The three hinged or jointed rods (1 c s, in combination with the axle x and box 1), substantially as described.

ADOLPH E. HERMANN.

Witnesses BRADFORD H OWLAND, HARRY L. BEATTY. 

